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Hotels & licensing, 1927

1,236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 62

Metropolitan Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 8

The Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday approved an application for transfer of the license of the Bunnerong Hotel, Redfern, from Ellen Devir to William Keane…

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Hotel at Epping? Licensing Board Inquiry Lack of Accommodation

The Sun · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 6

At the Ryde Police Court yesterday, the Licensing Board--Messrs. F. G. Adrian (chairman). W. Le Brun Brown and W. S. Arnott--considered an…

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Building Industry. Hotel Ainslie at Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 11

The Hotel Ainslie, now almost completed. Is one of the latest additions to the hostels at Canberra. It has been built from plans by Messrs. Burcham Clamp and Finch,…

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A 'Phone in Evert Room at Carlton's Hotel, Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 6

Carlyon's have installed 'phones in every bedroom, yet tariff remains the same. You simply sit in your room, order any service required, transact…

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Drunken Driver License Suspended

Evening News · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 15

"He was so drunk that ho did not know where oh was, When I asked him where he thought he was, he said Petersham."…

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Canberra Hotels. Notices to Vacate Rooms. New Federal By-law. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 12

A by-law, made by the Federal Capital Commission, and published in a special "Commonwealth Gazette." provides that persons occupying rooms in premises attached to a…

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Hotel Needed Girl's Night at Station Transfer Sought

The Sun · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 17

Giving evidence of the lack of accommodation at Epping, Norman Sydney Cape, a bookkeeper at a garage there, told the licensing board during…

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"A Clean- Up" Hotel Was Lucky

The Sun · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 6

"You would probably have cleaned up the hotel it you had not been stopped." said Mr. Camphin. S.M., in the Central Police Court to-day to Frank…

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Hotelkeeper to Pay Up

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 6

By consent an order for [?] was made by the Chief Industrial Magistrate (Mr G. C. Addison) yesterday In complaint by John ferns, male useful. York Street…

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Beer for a Party Stolen From Hotel Cartage Was Free

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 1

Eighteen gallons of beer was the stake for which Thomas Walsh, a laborer, aged 27, risked a good deal. The venture ended In the Redforn Police…

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Hotels for Use Not Merely Drink Shops Licensee's Liability

The Sun · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 2

Fifteen additional witnesses were examined at the Hyde Police Court by the Licensing Board in connection with the application of Robert…

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Motorists' Licenses Don't Give Them Up

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 15

Recently a member of the N.R.M.A. was booked" for failing to have his headlights alight in the city streets. The police officer demanded the…

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Fell Under Car Alleged Manslaughter Hotel Row

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 3

It is alleged by the police that during a quarrel outside the Wentworth Hotel. Parramatta-road, Flemington, on Monday. night, Wyndam George Swan, 42. a cattle…

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Proposed Oatley Hotel

The Propeller · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 6

A preliminary meeting of representatives of the combined Mortdale and Oatley churches and other bodies, concerned in fighting the proposed hotel license for…

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Hotel Canberra, Federal Capital

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 5

The hostelry where the favored few will be accommodated during the celebrations next week. The grounds are beautifully laid out, and the lawns are graced by the choicest flowers…

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Renew License by Post

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 4

"It has been found that many persons attend at the Traffic Office solely for the purpose of effecting the renewal of a motor vehicle certificate of…

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GREG. McGIRR'S Hotels Yass

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 3

Mr. Greg, McGIRR passed through Yass last week-end on his way to Burrawa in connection with lodging the plans of the new hotel he is building at [?]…

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Police Station and Hotel

Evening News · Saturday 7 May 1927 · page 1

Police headquarters at Canberra are in the foreground. Mr. Mitchell occupies the big tent Inspector M'key has one of the [?]. Hotel Canberrg is in the background…

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Open Safe Cash From the Hotel £70 Haul

The Sun · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 7

Breaking into the Coach and Horses Hotel, corner of Allison road and Avoca street. Randwick, during the weekend, thieves took £70 from a…

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Hotel Purchases by Former M.L.A. YASS

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 May 1927 · page 19

Mr. Greg. M'Girr, ex-Minister for Health and Motherhood in the Legislative Assembly, and later lone…

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